Apple is sweet in taste and cool in nature, which can strengthen spleen, invigorate qi and stomach, promote fluid production and moisten dryness, and is suitable for spleen deficiency, anorexia, stomach yin deficiency, stomach pain due to yin deficiency and other symptoms.
Cabbage has the functions of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, relieving pain, removing toxic substances and swelling, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, and can be used for chest tightness, thirst, sore throat, urinary obstruction, hearing loss, poor sleep, unfavorable joints and dull pain in abdominal cavity caused by internal heat. Vitamin C and other ingredients contained in it have the functions of relieving pain and promoting ulcer healing. Cabbage stewed with Coicis Semen, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae and honey can be used to treat epigastric pain, epigastric fullness and gastric and duodenal ulcer, and stewed with adzuki bean, wax gourd and crystal sugar can reduce swelling and promote diuresis. People with loose stools and weak spleen and stomach should not eat more.
Spinach is sweet and cool, which can moisten and nourish the liver, benefit the stomach and relieve constipation. "Dietotherapy Materia Medica" says that it "benefits the five internal organs, unblocks the stomach and detoxifies alcohol." Spinach can promote the secretion of stomach and pancreas, increase appetite and help digestion; Rich cellulose can also help intestinal peristalsis and facilitate defecation. However, spinach has a high oxalic acid content, which hinders calcium absorption. It should be avoided to eat with foods with high calcium such as tofu and laver, or lightly marinate before cooking to remove oxalic acid.
Sweet potato is flat, sweet, invigorating spleen and benefiting qi. It is recorded in Compendium that it "tonifies the middle energizer, warms the stomach and fattens the five internal organs." Eating in cold weather, nourishing the stomach with healthy qi, dissolving food and removing food accumulation, can also clear the intestines and lose weight.
Li Shizhen of Longan once said, "Litchi is beautiful in food, and longan is good when it is beneficial". Unlike litchi, which belongs to damp heat, longan can be used as medicine, and has many effects such as strengthening yang and benefiting qi, warming stomach and tonifying spleen.
Yam As the weather gets colder, some people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold often have symptoms such as eating less, abdominal distension, loose stool, and limb burnout. Drinking yam porridge often can effectively relieve stomach discomfort.
Pumpkin "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Pumpkin is warm, sweet, and enters the spleen and stomach meridian", which can tonify the middle energizer, diminish inflammation, sterilize and relieve pain. Its rich pectin can "adsorb" bacteria and toxic substances, including heavy metals and lead, and play a detoxification role. At the same time, pectin can protect the stomach from irritation and reduce ulcers. Pumpkin can be used to cook porridge or soup to nourish the stomach.
Carrots are sweet in taste, and Chinese medicine believes that they "lower the qi to tonify the middle energizer, benefit the spleen and diaphragm, moisten the stomach and intestines, secure the five internal organs, and have the effect of nourishing food". Rich carotene can be converted into vitamin A, which can improve eyesight, strengthen resistance and prevent respiratory diseases. Carotene is fat-soluble, so it is most suitable to stew with meat and tastes better.